central regional meeting

Sun PM Plenary lecture at 7, reception at 8

Mon Talks from 8:30-12, 1:30-5; posters from 7-9

Tues Same as Monday

Wed Talks/posters from 8:30-12.

NOTE: The schedule below may not be fully accurate owing to changes in the final Program

	Sunday Afternoon, 19 October
	ACS Student Affliate Regional Meeting & Poster Session Room: Grand Station V Chair: Ted Weismann Click here for details
	Panel Discussion on Aviation Chemistry: 100 Years since Kitty Hawk Room: Ellwood I & II Chair: Ted Weismann • Gasoline to jet fuels & beyond, Bruce Beaver, (Duquesne University) • Aerospace Metallurgy, Rob Sanders, (Alcoa R&D Co.) • Aerospace Coatings, Thomas Rukavina, (Pittsburgh Plate Glass Research) • Solid State Chemistry & Communication, (TBA)
	CHEMAGINATION Contest for High School Students: Wright Brothers Anniversary Related Poster & Project Competition Room: Haselton I Chair: Ted Weismann
	Kids in Chemistry Contest Room: Haselton II Chair: Ted Weismann
	Plenary Lecture & Reception Plenary Lecture Room: Admiral (7:00 pm) Chair: Mark Bier (Carnegie Mellon University) John B. Fenn, (VIrginia Commonwealth University) Electrospray Wings for Molecular Elephants Reception Room: Reflections (8:00pm) For more about John Fenn and his 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, see: Research and Nobel Prize
	Monday Morning, 20 October
	Nanoscience 1 Room: Haselton I Chair: Eric Borguet (University of PIttsburgh) and Tomasz Kowalewski (Carnegie Mellon University) • V. V. Tsukruk, (Iowa State University) Nanomechanical probing of polymers with AFM: from multilayered nanoscale films to individual molecules • M. D. Foster, (University of Akron) Probing Mechanical Properties of Adhesive Blends at the Nanoscale Using a Scanning Probe Microscope • M-F Yu, (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign-) In Situ Mechanical and Electromechanical Study of Intrinsic Properties of Nanotubes and Nanowires • M. Sitti, (Carnegie Mellon University)Nano-manufacturing of synthetic gecko foot-fibers • G. Walker, (University of Pittsburgh) Imaging the Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Polymeric Surfaces • T. Kowalewski, (Carnegie Mellon University) Fourier transform tapping mode AFM: perspectives for real time mapping of polymer propertie • Chanmin Su, Characterization of polymers at nanometer scale
	New Reaction Technologies for Organic Chemistry Room: Haselton II Chair: Scott G. Nelson (University of Pittsburgh) • T. V. Rajanbabu, (Ohio State University) Stereoselective Synthesis with Olefins and Acetylenes: New Ligands and Other Control Elements for Homegeneous Catalyzed Reactions • Paul E. Floreancig, (University of Pittsburgh) Electrophile Formation from Unexpected Sources • Fraser Fleming, (Duquesne University) Oxonitriles: Multicomponent Grignard Addition-Alkylation • David M. Barnes, (Abbott Laboratories) Development of a Catalytic, Asymmetric Addition of 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds to Nitroalkenes in the Synthesis of Endothelin-A Antagonist ABT-546 • Michael Calter, (University of Rochester) Recent Advances Using Cinchona Alkaloid Derivatives as Asymmetric Catalysts
	Innovations in College Chemical Education 1 Room: Ellwood I Chairs: Joe Grabowski (University of Pittsburgh) • Richard Hark (Juniata College) The Chemistry of Art: Teaching Science in a Liberal Arts Context • Rick Moog (Franklin & Marshall College) Process Oriented Guided Learning: A Student-Centered Approach to Chemistry Education • John Penn (West Virginia University) A New Element on the Periodic Table - IT - Using the Element of Information Technology (i.e., Computer-assisted Learning) in the Chemistry Classroom • David Yaron (Carnegie Mellon University) Virtual Labs and Sceario-based Learning for Introductory Chemistry • Elisabeth T. Bell-Loncella (University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown) Synthesis and Characterization: Guided Inquiry and Molecular Modeling in an Upper Level Comprehensive Lab
	Polymer Chemistry Room: Ellwood II Chair: • Puja Aggarwal , Development of an infection-resistant bifunctionalized dacron material using modified textile dyeing technology • Kerry Sousa , Development of an infection-resistant anionic dacron biomaterial using modified textile dyeing technology • Faith Wyzgoski , Chain end studies of copper(ii) enolate redox initiated free radical polymerization • Somali Ghosh , Characterization of polyaniline/ionic liquid composites using nuclear magnetic resonance • Andrea Tuckett , Dual-phase transition dynamics in a binary polymer blend
	Frontiers in Mass Spectrometry Intrumentation and Applications 1 Room: Stoops Ferry Chair: Kasi Somayajula (University of PIttsburgh) Mark Bier (Carnegie Mellon University) • Robert Cotter,Serguei Iltchenko, Ben Gardner, Dongxia Wang (Johns Hopkins University) Tandem time-of-flight mass spectrometry with a curved field reflectron • Patrick A. Limbach*, Moo-Jin Suh, Soheil Pourshahian (University of Cincinnati0 Profiling the Source of Proteins: Mass Spectrometry of the Ribosome • Jack Henion, Ellen Pace, Kevin Howe, Sheng Zhang, Collen van Pelt, (Advion BioSciences) Chip-based electronspray mass spectrometry applied to large and small molecules • David Muddiman, (Mayo Clinic) MUltidimensional chromatography ESI-FT-ICR mass spectromety: The ultimate peak capacity for proteome masurements • Michael Kinter, (Cleveland Clinic Foundation) FInding and quantitating post-translational modification of proteins
	Tissue Engineering Room: Edenburg Chair: Kacey Marra, University of Pittsburgh, Depts. of Surgery & Bioengineering • Stephan Badylak, (University of Pittsburgh) Keynote Address: The ECM as a Bioscaffold: The Result of Millions of Years of R&D • Janine Orban (DePuy - a Johnson & Johnson Company) Covalent Cross-linking of Extracellular Matrix Materials for Musculoskeletal Applications. • William Wagner, (Unversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine), Soft Tissue Engineering with Biodegradable Elastomers • James Runt, (Pennsylvania State University) Blood-contacting materials in cardiac assist devices: polyurethane copolymers and nanocomposites
	Bioinorganic Chemistry 1 Room: Pointview Chair: Stephane Petoud (University of Pittsburgh) • James Cowan, (Ohio State University) Adventures with cellular iron. The nuts and bolts of cellular cluster assembly • Partha Basu, (Duquesne University) Molybdenum enzyme models • Alan Stolzenberg, (West Virginia University) Structural effects of metalloprorphyrins on their reactivities • Catalina Achim, (Carnegie-Mellon University) Bio-inspired approach for molecular-level organization of transition metal ions • Stephane Petoud, (University of Pittsburgh) Lanthanide complexes as biomarkers and nanotechnology materials • Rathinda Bose, (Northern Illinois University) Cisplatin-mediated gene expression in ovarian cells
	Monday Afternoon, 20 October
	Nanoscience 2 Room: Haselton I Chair: Eric Borguet • Seth Goldstein, (Carnegie Mellon University) Implications of Nanoscale Components on Computing • Paul Weiss, (Pennsylvania State University) Creating Nanostructures through Self- and Directed Assembly • Daphna Yaniv, (Molecular Imaging) Atomic force/scanning tunneling microscopy under controlled conditions • Hongkoo Kim, (University of Pittsburgh) Nanosystems on a Chip Based on self-Organized Nanostructured Wafers • Rob Dickson, (Georgia Institute of Technology) Nanoscale Optoelectronics • Eric Borguet, (University of Pittsburgh) Nanoscale Dynamics at Electrochemical Interfaces
	New Synthetic Methods and Their Application to Natural Product Assembly Room: Haselton II Chair: Kay M. Brummond (University of Pittsburgh) • Ken S. Feldman, (Pennsylvania State University) Natural Product Synthesis through Alkynyliodonium Salts • Huw M. Davies, (SUNY at Buffalo) Donor/Acceptor Substituted Carbenoids as Versatile Intermediates in Organic Synthesis • George O'Doherty, (West Virginia University) The de Novo Synthesis of Carbohydrate Based Natural Products by Means of Asymmetric Catalysis • P. Andrew Evans, (Indiana University) Bismuth-Catalyzed Etherification Reactions for the Stereoselective Construction of Polycyclic Ethers
	Innovations in College Chemical Education 2 Room: Ellwood I Chair: Joe Grabowski (University of Pittsburgh) • Marin Robinson (Northern Arizona University) Teaching Research-Oriented Writing Skills to Upper Division Chemistry Majors • Nancy Levinger (Colorado State University) Undergraduate Research: Developing connected, motivated, and inspired undergraduate students • Kenneth D. Jordan (University of Pittsburgh) The Third Dimension in Visualization • Jonathan N. Southard (Indiana University of Pennsylvania) Protein Structure Modeling and Visulization: a discovery process for undergraduates • Mark Bier, Chungang Yang1, Lan Yan1, Joseph Grabowski (Carnegie Mellon University) Protein Identification Using the Virtual Mass Spectrometry Laboratory
	Conducting Polymers Room: Ellwood II Chair: Richard D. McCullough (Carnegie Mellon University) • Thomas Bjornholm, (University of Copenhagen), Organic Molecules in Electronic Devices • Richard Gregory, (Clemson University), Morphological Effects on the Electronic and Optical Properties of Organic Conjugated Polymeric Fibers and Films for Applications to Smart Fibers • Greg Sotzing, (University of Connecticut), Novel Conductive Polymers for Electro-optic Applications and Patterning via Oxidative Solid-state Crosslinking • Tomek Kowalewski, (Carnegie Mellon University), Control of Nanoscale Morphology in Novel sp2 Carbon Maaterials Obtained by Directed Self-Assembly of Well-Defined Block Copolymers • Richard McCullough, (Carnegie Mellon University), Highly Conductive Block Copolymer Nanowires, Nanocables, MEMS/FET Sensors, and Other Cool and Useful Stuff
	Frontiers in Mass Spectrometry Intrumentation and Applications 2 Room: Stoops Ferry Chair: Kasi Somayajula (University of PIttsburgh) Mark Bier (Carnegie Mellon University) • Brian Musselman (SciMarket Strategies, Inc.), MALDI without the TOF and its application to life science studies • Mark E. Bier, Chunguang Yang (Carnegie Mellon University), From 2D to 3D to 2D: Evolution of the Paul Trap • Zoltan Takats, Z. Ouyang, B. Gologan, T.A. Blake, J. Wiseman, A.J. Guymon and R.G. Cooks (Purdue University), Preparative separation of proteins using mass spectrometry • H. M. Skip Kingston (Duquesne University), Automated Mass Spectrometry Calibration and Analysis for Complex Solution Systems: A Prelude to Enabling Process Control • Roy Martin (Waters Corp.), Advances in ESI and MALDI MS Technology for Characterization of Glycopeptides and Other Modified Peptides and Proteins • Facundo Fernandez, Krishnamoorthy Kuppannan, Chaminda Gamage, Xi Yang, Zhuhua Qi1, Vicki Wysocki1 *University of Arizona), Peptide activation and sequencing by ion-surface collisions in time-of-flight mass spectrometers
	Gene Therapy Room: Edenburg Chair: Leaf Huang (University of Pittsburgh) • Robert Lee (Ohio State University), Receptor-based, tumor-targeted vectors for drug and gene delivery. • Kyung-Dall Lee (University of Michigan), Listeriolysin O-containing vectors for effective cytosolic delivery of oligonucleotides and genes. • Song Li (University of Pittsburgh), Novel lipidic vectors for targeted delivery of genes and oligonucleotides to pulmonary endothelium. • Hamid Ghandehari (University of Maryland, Baltimore), Recombinant protein-based carriers for drug and gene delivery. • Paul Robbins (University of Pittsburgh), Novel protein transduction domains for drug and gene delivery. • Leaf Huang (University of Pittsburgh), LPD nanoparticles as a novel delivery vector for peptide vaccine.
	Bioinorganic Chemistry 2 Room: Pointview Chair: Stephane Petoud (University of Pittsburgh) • Rex Shepherd (University of Pittsburgh), [Ru(NO)Cl3(ferrozine)]^2– as a potential gp-120 virus-cell fusion inhbitor (anti-HIV-1 complex) • Barbara Serli, Ennio Zangrando, Leslie Yellowlees, Enzo Alessio, Carol Fortney, Rex Shepherd (University of Trieste), Development of ruthenium nitrosyl anticancer agents and precursors • Colin Horwitz, Terrance Collins (Carnegie-Mellon University), Green Chemistry: Metallo-catalysts for the utilization of H₂O₂ as a biosphere-benign oxidant • Christain Bruckner, Christian Bruckner1, Nathaniel Hill, Lili Yao, Headly Freake (University of Connecticut), Chemosensors of FEeIII) AND Zn(II) • Claudia Turro (Ohio State Univ.), Photoinduced reactivity of bimetallic and mononuclear transition metal complexes in solution and with biomolecules • Eckard Munck (Carnegie Mellon University), Iron-sulfur proteins studied by EPR spectroscopy Evening address (8:00 pm): Chair: Stephane Petoud (University of Pittsburgh) • Christopher Orvig (University of British Columbia), Insulin-enhancing Vanadium Compounds
	Sci-Mix Poster Session Room: Grand Station V Chairs: David Pratt and Toby Chapman (University of Pittsburgh)
	Tuesday Morning, 21 October
	Computational Chemistry 1 Room: Haselton I Chair: Ken Jordan & Jeff Madura • Sharon Hammes-Schiffer (Penn State) Hybrid quantum-classical molecular dynamics of hydrogen transfer reactions in enzymes • Jeff Evansek (Duquesne University) Mining large and complex data sets arising from md simulations • Maria Kurnikova (Carnegie Mellon University) Calibrating ligand-protein model with vibrational spectra • George Shields (Hamilton College)Formation of mercury to enhance undergraduate computational chemistry: accurate pka calculations in aqueous solution, progress & challenges • Laura Thomas , Testing simple models of protein folding with computer simulation • Melissa Pasquinelli , The kinetics of biological intermolecular electron transfer dynamics via brownian dynamics
	Catalysis by Main Group Elements Room: Haselton II Chair: Tara Meyer and John Protasiewicz • Tara Meyer, Iminophosphorane catalyzed imine metathesis • Darrin Richeson, Transformation of CN Multiple Bonds with Main Group Element Compounds. • Geoffrey Coates, Synthesis of biodegradable polymers using beta-diiminate zinc complexes • Malcolm Chisholm, Polymerizations, Copolymerizations of Cyclic Esters and Ethers Employing Single-Site Metal Alkoxide Catalyst Precursors (Mg, • Ca, Zn, Al and Sn) • John Protasiewicz, Unusual catalytic chlorine atom transfer process
	Innovations in High School Chemistry Education: The winners of the Central Regional High School Teacher of the Year Awards. Room: Ellwood I Chair: Doris Zimmerman (Kent State University) • Loretta S. Buddendeck, 1996 Awardee, (Centerville High School, Centerville, OH) Topics on Kinetics. • Kathy Kitzmann, 1997 Awardee, (Mercy High School, Farmington Hills, MI) Topics on the Gas Laws. • Fen Lewis, 1998 Awardee, (Highland High School, Medina, Ohio) Explorations of Polymers - A Class Project • Presentation of the 2003 Awardee to Julia Winter • Julia Winter, 2003 Awardee, (Detroit Country Day School, Detroit, MI) Developing open-ended labs for chemistry • Annis Hapkiewicz, 2001 Awardee, (Okemos High School, Okemos, MI) Topics on Chemistry Misconceptions. • Loretta S. Buddendeck, 1996 Awardee, (Centerville High School, Centerville, OH) Molecular Geometry; Part 1 • Kathy Kitzmann, 1997 Awardee, (Mercy High School, Farmington Hills, MI) Molecular Geometry; Part 2
	Recent Advances in Coating Chemistry 1 Room: Ellwood II Chair: Pat Jacobs (Bayer Corporation) • Rose Ryntz, (Visteon Corp) Keynote Speaker, Achieving Robust Decorated Plastic components in the Automotive Industry • Mark Urban, (University of Southern Mississippi) Recent Advances in Film Formation of K2 Waterborne Polyurethanes: Imaging & Modeling • Mei Li (Carnegie Mellon University), Synthesis of Urethans/Acrylic Hybrid nanoparticles via a Miniemulsion • Mike Dvorchak (Bayer Polymers), The Use and Chemistry of UV Cure Using Diffuse UV A Lamps for Automotive Refinish
	Chemical Events at Well-Defined Surfaces 1 Room: Stoops Ferry Chair: John Yates (University of Pittsburgh) • Robert Hamers (University of Wisconsin), Self Organized Layers on Semiconductor Surfaces • John T. Yates, Jr. (University of Pittsburgh), Self Organization on Metal Surfaces • John Tully (Yale University), Dynamics of Electronic Excitation at Surfaces • Jingguang Chen (University of Delaware), Catalytic Activity of Metal Carbide Surfaces
	Proteomics Room: Edenburg Chair: Ivet Bahar, (University of Pittsburgh) • Jonathan Minden, (Carnegie Mellon University), Proteome Stargazing • Catherine E. Costello, (Boston University School of Medicine), New Mass Spectral Strategies for Proteomics and Glycomics • Billy W. Day, (University of Pittsburgh), Proteomics at the University of Pittsburgh • Mark Gerstein, (Yale University), Keynote Address: Genome-Scale Analysis of Protein Structure, Function, & Evolution • Naftali Kaminski, (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center), Taking a retrospective look at microarrays - from pulmonary fibrosis to multiple sclerosis
	Tuesday Afternoon, 21 October
	Computational Chemistry 2 Room: Haselton I Chair: Ken Jordan & Jeff Madura • Mike Klein (Pennsylvania State University) Biomolecules@soft interfaces: the continuing challenge of bridging length- and time-scales. • Ken Jordan (University of Pittsburgh) Monte carlo simulations of molecular clusters • Sherwin Singer (Ohio State University) New directions in the study of water in clusters, ice, and in nanochannels • F. Ytreberg, A rigorous tool for efficient analysis of free energy data • Alexander Bayden, Dimensional strategies in barrier avoiding minimization algorithms • Arun Setty, Rapid simulation of protein conformational transitions • Benjamin Janesko, Mapping the electron density to the electron pair density: a semiempirical treatment of correlation for density functional theory • Sarah Mueller-Stein, DNA bending by bulky groups in the minor groove
	Combinatorial Chemistry: New Directions, Strategies and Methodologies Room: Haselton II Chair: Scott G. Nelson (University of Pittsburgh) • Craig S. Wilcox, (University of Pittsburgh) Precipitons - Switchable Phase Tags for Chemical Separations • Wei Zhang, (Fluorous Technolgies Inc.) Combinatorial Chemistry: New Directions, Strategies and Methodologies • Miles G. Siegel, (Eli Lilly &Co.) Application of Solution Phase Array Synthesis to General Library and Medicinal Chemistry Problems • Craig Lindsley, (Merck & Co.) Methodology and Tools to Expedite the Synthesis and Purification of Analog Libraries
	History of Chemistry in Pittsburgh Room: Ellwood I Chair: Guy C. Berry (Carnegie Mellon University) • Gordon S. Rule (Carnegie Mellon University), Developments in NMR spectroscopy in the Pittsburgh Section • David Yaron (Carnegie Mellon University) Chemical Computations and the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center • Foil A. Miller (University of Pittsburgh, Emeritus) A short history of spectroscopy in the PittsburghSection • Gary D. Patterson (Carnegie Mellon University), Polymer chemistry at the Mellon Institute • Gerald L. Carlson (former PittCon Chair), Contributions of PittCon to the chemical sciences community • David A. Hounshell (Carnegie Mellon University), Historical perspectives on chemistry in Pittsburgh • Dale L. Keairns (US DOE/NETL), Research on coal aasification and its products
	Energy-Fuel 1 Room: Ellwood II Chair: Tom Sarkus (US DOE/NETL) • George Pukanic, So2 and/or nox environmental control technologies • Theodore McMahon, Mercury and multi-pollutant emission control technologies • Roy Scandrol, Production of manufactured aggregates from coal combustion by-products • Thomas Ruppel, The utilization of coal combustion by-products • Brian Strazisar, Separation and capture of co2 from large stationary sources and sequestration in geological formations--coalbeds and deep saline aquifers • Joshuah Stolaroff, Carbon dioxide extraction from ambient air using alkali-metal hydroxide solutions derived from concrete waste and steel slag • Thomas Sarkus , Post cards from the edge: an electrifying presentation
	Chemical Events at Well-Defined Surfaces 2 Room: Stoops Ferry Chair: John Yates (University of Pittsburgh) • Horia Metiu (University of California-Santa Barbara), Atom and Cluster Dynamics on Surfaces • Charles Campbell (University of Washington), Metal Clusters-Atom-Atom Bond Energies • Andrew Gellman (Carnegie Mellon University), Chirality at Surfaces • Kenneth Jordan (University of Pittsburgh), Surface Chemistry on Silicon and Carbon Nanotube Surfaces
	Bioinformatics Room: Edenburg Chair: Peter Johnson • David Peters, Approaches to gene expression analysis • David Deerfield II, Creating and searching structural databases: looking for metal ion binding site descriptions • Robert Murphy, Cellular imaging and proteomics • Keith Boyce, The role of tissue information in bioinformatics • Richard Somiari, Integration of bioinformatics components in disease analysis
	Sci-Mix Poster Session Room: Grand Station V Chairs: David Pratt and Toby Chapman (University of Pittsburgh)
	Wednesday Morning, 22 October
	Innovations in Industry A Symposium to recognize recipients of the Central Regional Industrial Innovation Award Room: Haselton I • Daniel Connor, Highly soluble surfactants • Sudarsanan Varaprath, Environmental and biological transformations and related aspects of silicones • Gerald Cano, Crystalline colloidal array technology: from university research to basis of a start-up • Dennis Curran, Fluorous chemistry and technology in Pittsburgh: from idea to experiment to market Plus a Poster Session
	Organic Chemistry Room: Haselton II • Frederick Hartner, Synthesis of 2-(3-aminopropyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro[1.8]naphthyridine by a double sonogashira reaction, followed by a chichibabin cyclization • Man Lung Kwan, Organoaluminum and organotitanium reagents mediated vinylsilane synthesis from ketones or aldehydes • Jonathan Tripp, Synthesis of Linear Triquinanes by Round Trip Radical Cyclizations • Shannon White, A coherent approach to microwave-assisted synthesis • Michele Williams, The conversion of azides to diazonium ions under neutral conditions • Sivaraman Dandapani, Total Synthesis of Sixteen Stereoisomers of Sex Pheromone of Pine Sawfly By Fluorous Mixture Synthesis Plus a Poster Session
	Inorganic/Physical Chemistry Room: Ellwood I • Gellert Mezei, Anion encapsulation by neutral supramolecular assemblies of cyclic Cu(II) cp, complexes: [cis-CUII(µ-OH)(µ-pz)]n, n = 6, 8, 9, 12 and 14 • L. Liu, Modeling the origins and effects of symmetry breaking in the photophysics of dendritic structures • Aimee Tomlinson, A Structural Model for Cyanine Dyes Templated into the Minor Groove of DNA • Lu Liu, A low cost approach of predicting vibronic structure in uv-vis spectra • Kelly Challis, Synthesis and characterization of 6,9-bis-o-methyl-acetimidate decaborane • Jeff Gensamer, The FTIR and Computational Analysis of Gas Phase Ozonolysis of Alkeens, in the Presence of Hexafluoroacetone. Plus a Poster Session
	Energy-Fuel 2 Room: Ellwood II Chair: Tom Sarkus (US DOE/NETL) • Adrian Radziwon, Nepa compliance under the doe clean coal demonstration program • David Archer, Gasification fundamentals • Massood Ramezan, Benefits of gasification-based energy systems • Soung Kim, Vision 21 R&D programs • Diane Madden, Fuels and power production from coal • John Rockey, Fluidized bed combustion technologies • James Longanbach, Coal powered fuel cells
	Analytical Chemistry Room: Stoops Ferry • Vladimir Alexeev, Photonic crystal glucose sensor for glucose recognition and signaling at physiological pH and ionic strength • Guoxiang Xu, Fluorescence-increasing anoin seonsor • Harry Finklea, Enhanced selectivity of organic vapor detection using molecularly imprinted polymers on qcms • Jeremy Walker, Acetylcholinesterase-based organophosphate nerve agent sensing photonic crystal • Michelle Ward, Development of an intelligent polymerized crystalline colloidal array for the detection of cancer signature proteins • Jelena Petrovic, Effects of solution composition on immobilized cytochrome c electrochemistry Plus a Poster Session
	Chemical Technicians: Salute to Excellence Room: Edenburg Poster Session

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SUNDAY October 19 Afternoon -----------------------------------------	MONDAY October 20 Morning -----------------------------------------	MONDAY October 20 Afternoon -----------------------------------------	TUESDAY October 21 Morning -----------------------------------------	TUESDAY October 21 Afternoon -----------------------------------------	WEDNESDAY October 22 Morning ---------------------------------
ACS Student Affiliate Regional Meeting and Poster Session Rm: Grand Station V	Nanoscience 1 Rm: Haselton I	Nanoscience 2 Rm: Haselton I	Computational Chemistry 1 Rm: Haselton I	Computational Chemistry 2 Rm: Haselton I	Innovations in Industry Rm: Haselton I
Panel Discussion on Aviation Chemistry Rm: Ellwood I & II	New Reactions Technologies for Organic Chemistry Rm: Haselton II	New Synthetic Methods and Their Application to Natural Product Assembly Rm: Haselton II	Catalysis by Main Group Elements Rm: Haselton II	Combinatorial Chemistry Rm: Haselton II	Organic Chemistry Rm: Haselton II
CHEMAGINATION Contest Rm: Haselton I	Innovations in College Chemical Education 1 Rm: Ellwood I	Innovations in College Chemical Education 2 Rm: Ellwood I	Innovations in High School Chemistry Education Rm: Ellwood I	History of Chemistry in the Pittsburgh Area Rm: Ellwood I	Inorganic/Physical Chemistsry Rm: Ellwood I
Kids in Chemistry Contest Rm: Haselton II	Polymer Chemistry Rm: Ellwood II	Conducting Polymers Rm: Ellwood II	Recent Advances in Coating Chemistry Rm: Ellwood II	Energy-Fuel 1 Rm: Ellwood II	Energy-Fuel 2 Rm: Ellwood II
	Frontiers in Mass Spectrometry 1 Rm: Stoops Ferry	Frontiers in Mass Spectrometry 2 Rm: Stoops Ferry	Chemical Events at Well-Defined Surfaces 1 Rm: Stoops Ferry	Chemical Events at Well-Defined Surfaces 2 Rm: Stoops Ferry	Analytical Chemistry Rm: Stoops Ferry
	Tissue Engineering Rm: Edenburg	Gene Therapy Rm: Edenburg	Proteomics Rm: Edenburg	Bioinformatics Rm: Edenburg	Chemical Technicians Rm: Edenburg
	Bioinorganic Chemistry 1 Rm: Pointview	Bioinorganic Chemistry 2 Rm: Pointview
Plenary Lecture & Reception Rm: Admiral & Reflections		Sci-Mix Poster Sessions Rm: Grand Station V		Sci-Mix Poster Sessions Rm: Grand Station V
Student Affiliate Poster Session, Pt 2 Rm: Grand Station V		Gateway Clipper Cruise		Pittsburgh Award & Chairman's Night Social Hour & Dinner Rm: Reflections & Admiral

Name	Responsibility	e-mail	Telephone/Fax	Address
Backus, John K.	Author, History	mjbackus@worldnet.att.net	412-364-0262	9441 Katherine Drive Allison Park PA 15101
Baudoux, Sr., Robert W. (Bob)	Co-Chair, Exposition	baudoux@westol.com	412-372-8965 FAX: 412-372-6748	RWB Convention Mgt. 4704 Bert Drive Monroeville PA 15146
Beck, Paul	General Co-Chairman	beck@clarion.edu	814-226-8642 (H) FAX: 814-393-1831	Clarion University Department of Chemistry Clarion University Clarion PA 16214 or 131 Crestmont Drive Shippenville PA 16254
Berry, Guy C.	Webmaster	gcberry@andrew.cmu.edu	412-268-3131 412-268-6897 (FAX)	Carnegie Mellon University Department of Chemistry 4400 Fifth Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Bilal, Kay	2003 Chair-Elect, Pittsburgh Section ACS	bilal988@cs.com	304-527-1410 x1529 304-723-2358 (H)	Brooke County Board of Education Bruin Dr. Wellsburg, SV 26070 or 236 Scenery Dr. Weirton, WV 26062
Chapman, Toby M.	Co-Chair, Program	tchapman@pitt.edu	412-624-8250 FAX: 412-624-8611	University of Pittsburgh Department of Chemistry Pittsburgh PA 15260
Danchik, Rich	Co-Chair, Finance	dpensenstadler@nanomat.com danchik@pittcon.org	412-824-2206 FAX: 412-824-2206	25 Thorncrest Drive Pittsburgh PA 15235
Jordan, Kenneth	Program	jordan+@pitt.edu	412-624-8690	University of Pittsburgh
McKaveney, Kevin J.	Co-Chair, Exposition	kevin_j_mckaveney@waters.com mckaveney@pittcon.org	412-487-7721 (H)	Waters 34 Maple Street Milford MA 01757 800-252-4752 x6035 (w) or 106 Crestwood Drive Pittsburgh PA 15209
Pensenstadler, David	Chair, Publicity & Printing/Mailing	dfpens@comcast.net	412-673-6797	514 Sherrick Drive N. Huntingdon, PA 15642
Perry, Mildred B. (Mille)	General Chairman	perry@netl.doe.gov perrymb@sgi.net	412-386-6015 FAX: 412-386-4604 412-563-5013 (H)	U.S. DOE/NETL P.O. Box 10940; MS 922-178C Pittsburgh PA 15236-0940 or 982 Vallevista Street Pittsburgh PA 15234-1318
Pratt, David W.	Co-Chair, Program	pratt@pitt.edu	412/624-8660 FAX: 412/624-8611	Department of Chemistry University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
Sarkus Thomas A.	Secretary	thomas.sarkus@netl.doe.gov	412-386-5981 Fax: 412-386-4775	U.S. DOE/NETL (MS 922-342C), P.O. Box 10940, Pittsburgh, PA 15236-0940
Shaffer, Myron	2003 Chair, Pittsburgh Section ACS	myron.shaffer@bayerpolymers.com	412-777-7658	Bayer Corporation 100 Bayer Road Pittsburgh PA 15205-9741
Strohmeier, Brian R.	Program	brians@pitt.edu	412-624-8660 FAX: 412-624-8611 412-624-8500 (H) FAX:412-624-8611 (H)	Strohmeier, Brian R. University of Pittsburgh Department of Chemistry 219 Parkman Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15260 or 9254 Wedgewood Drive Pittsburgh PA 15239
Varine John A.	Chair, Audio-Visual	varine@pittcon.org	724-845-8779 FAX: 724-845-3211	PittCon 300 Penn Center Blvd Suite 332 Pittsburgh PA 15235
Weinberg, Jennifer	Younger Chemists Group, Program	jmweinbe@wharton.upenn.edu	412-777-5377 412-441-2945 (H)	Bayer Corporation 100 Bayer Rd. Bldg # 2 Pittsburgh, PA 15205-9741
Weismann, Ted	Student Affiliates	tjweismann@yahoo.com	412-396-5824(w) FAX:412-396-5683	Duquesne University 321 Mellon Hall Pittsburgh PA 15282 or 106 Short St. Pittsburgh PA 15237
Wylie, Amy	Program, Technicians Affiliate	amy.wylie@bayerchemicals.com	412-777-4593 FAX:412-777-7689	Bayer Chemicals LLC 100 Bayer Road Bldg. 8 Pittsburgh, PA 15205
Witkowski, Robert E. (Bob)	Chair, Activities	na	412-466-5891 or via Office Depot # 412-653-6680 FAX: 412-653-6812; ATTN Bob (Call Bob to let him know it’s coming)	633 Shadyside Dr. West Mifflin PA 15122-3228